Give-away: Shabby Apple Dress

Woooooowwwwzaaaah! Do I have something good in store for my American ladies! Shabby Apple is giving away a gorgeous vintage inspired dress to one of you! Now, I know a lot of my followers are not from the US... but don't worry my dears, of course I will host a give-away for all of you in the near future.

This give-away had ended! You can check out the winner below.

Shabby Apple is a cute webshop filled with stunning retro inspired styles, so all of you in love with vintage clothing as much as I am.... enter enter enter! I have browsed through Shabby Apple and I have come across so many cute styles, greedy me LOOOOOOHOOOVESSSS. So are you curious to find out what dress might me the new vintage queen in your closet? *Drumrollllsssss*

Here she is (L)

Don't you just love the nautical gorgeousness in this beauty?

O dear Rafflecopter... I have become very fund of you.... Raffle provides you with several ways to enter this give-away. Enter whatever way you like; and make sure to register your entry points after registering! At the end a lovely lady will be picked as a winner by Random.org. All I do is check to make sure the entry which was picked is valid; only register the entry point(s) for the steps you followed, don't click for entry points you actually did not earn.... no cheating my loves! Your can earn up to a total of 20 possible entry points! The more entry points you have, the bigger your chances are, but every point counts! As you can see my dear Rafflecopter will give you a lot of points for writing a blog about this give-away. This is because my US group of followers is not as big as my European darlings and I would love your help to spread the word about this Shabby Apple give-away. Good luck kittens!

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Give-away 13; A treasure chest filled with vintage goodies!

Last month it was all about you darlings treating a loved one. This month it's all about me treating you and you treating yourself! I put together a gorgeously filled vintage beauty case for one of you lucky ladies. And of course this give-away is open internationally! *THIS GIVE-AWAY HAS ENDED*

So what is in this delightful give-away package?

Gorgeous green scarf with flower patter

Adorable heart shaped necklace

Old-stock vintage sunnies

Pink leather coin purse

Embellished Aztec belt

Vintage old stock beauty case 

This little program called Rafflecopter provides you with several ways to enter this give-away. Enter whatever way you like; and make sure to register your entry (+1, +2 or +3 entry points) after registering! At the end a lovely lady will be picked as a winner by Random.org. All I do is check to make sure the entry which was picked is valid; only register the entry point(s) for the steps you followed, don't click for entry points you actually did not earn.... so no cheating my loves! Your can earn up to a total of 14 possible entry points! The more entry points you have, the bigger your chances are, but every point counts!

*The winner will be announced on Facebook and in this blog post. Please respond within a week with your adress information; otherwise a new winner will be picked.

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Give-away 12; To a loved one

My darling followers! This month I want to do something different. And I hope you will help me! I got inspired by a response someone gave to a post of mine on a fashion forum. Someone who is unfortunately not as blessed financially. *THIS GIVE-AWAY HAS ENDED*

I posted that I sometimes feel sad when looking at women in general and the way they dress; As I am kind of a nostalgist (using the term loosely since I obviously love this modern time we live in too), I believe in femininity and grace when it comes to dressing ourselves. Of course modern day life doesn't allow us to dress up every day. I just wish some of us ladies out there would make a bit more of an effort from time to time.... you know.... when you go out to dinner, or have a special occasion. Don't just go for that good old faithful jeans all the time... embrace your female elegance! 

A rough translation of my post, on which someone pointed out to me that there are ladies out there with the will to dress up, just not the finances. Of course this should come as no surprise as we experience a period of economical 'depression', but it still made me think. And even though I do count my blessings every day, I still think it was good for me to read I should never take that for granted. We should never take anything for granted :)

I have been giving away a lot of vintage goodies before, because I always wanted to spread the vintage love... But I always used a random generator to pick one of the entered followers without knowing more about them. This time I want to give away vintage goodies to ladies who really deserve it. And that is where you come in. I would love it if you kittens would help me by nominating a loved one, you think deserves one of these two vintage accessory sets. Someone who really deserves to receive a lovely package filled wild vintage gorgeousness to brighten up their wardrobe. So do you know anyone of that kind? Pleas let me know! Everyone may enter someone... followers ánd non followers! Just everyone who read this post and got inspired to suprise someone. 

So here's what the packages are filled with!

These shoes are a size 39 (UK 6) and NEW + a pearl pendant necklace

This purse is made of leather + a cameo pendant necklace

*Both packages will be complemented with an issue of 
Vintage Life magazine!

This is how to enter someone:

Post a message here telling who you would like to nominate and why, underneath this post... and don't forget to add an e-mail adress! I would really love to hear your stories. Please feel very free to share this give-away on your blog, Facebook, Twitter and so on.... I want to reach as many of your darlings out there. This give-away is just the start, there will be many more of these give-aways in the future. Following this blog is not a necessity, this is a non sponsored post (well... by me I guess hahaha) and the give-away is open internationally!

Give-away 11; Six times the fun!

Here are the six winners, who entered the give-away an commented on this post (see the list of comments below);

Please send me your adress through a personal message on Facebook dears!

Give-away 10; Bally and pearls

The winner of this give-away is REBECCA! Congrats babe!

Give-away 9; heavy floral cameo necklace

And the lucky lady is..... Nati Moares!

Give-away 8; double sided wrap-around skirt

Dear Pieta! You are the winner of this lovely skirt. Enjoy darling! xxx FD

Top Vintage international give-away madness; The winners!

Top Vintage is a webshop filled with wonderful retro goodies. They sell many different brands like Bettie Page and Pinup Couture. I believe one of the best things about Top Vintage, is that you can shop head-to-toe looks. When you found yourself one of their many pretty dresses, you can continue shopping for shoes... and accessories. Top Vintage even sells her own accessory line, called 'From Paris with Love' consisting of high quality 1920s-1950s inspired goodies; Of which one might be yours very soon.... Just take a look at these pictures I made of the pieces you can choose from this month!

Decadent and colourfull statement necklace. I love the colours!
The perfect accessorie for any special occasion!

Adorable birdy 40s inspired brooch. This cutie will spice up every outfit
with her rhinestone eye...

The most gorgeous 20s inspired bracelet. Heavy quality and the (rhine)stones
are way more shiny than on the pic!

The give-away ended the 21th of July. Which means the winners have been picked! Go and check out the three lucky ladies on Facebook!

Give-away 7; leather cutie

And the winner is... Evalina! Congrats babe :)

Give-away 6; Kyoto Costume Institute

This month you can win this amazing book about fashion history. Filled with pictures from the K.C. Institute, which holds the most extravagant collection of vintage fashion. I have this book myself and it's an absolute recommendation for those interested in learning more about the history of fashion!

The book is on it's way to the lucky winner!

Give-away 5; Guess!

Lovely ladies! What beautiful e-mails you have send me regarding this give-away. It breaks my heart a little I can't bless all of you with a gorgeous pair of shoes. I knew it would be hard for me to choose just one e-mail, therefore I took the amount of dedication you girls show towards this blog into consideration as well (one point for every medium FD is followed with.) I'm very pleased to see some of you follow me in more than just one way; a great way to spread the love! In the end, when adding up all the points, one girl ended up with the highest score...

And this happy winner is: Marjolein Kinds!

A quick inbetween give-away!

This beauty is going to; Frijke Broos!

Give-away 4; Pierre Cardin!

"Happiness is not so much in having, as sharing."

The winner had been picked! Congrats Kitty Pimms!

Give-away 3!

Has ended as well and is on its way to a lucky Kim

Give-away 2!

Congrats Caroline Dalman!

Give-away!

Has ended... the winner will be contacted through Facebook!